Day 1,846: shrapnel, restive
Families sheltering from shrapnel cannot venture out to plant or harvest, and some governments intentionally starve restive regions into submission.
Artwork of the day
The Scream of Shrapnel at San Juan Hill
Frederic RemingtonDate:1898Style:ImpressionismGenre:battle painting
Word of the day
shrapnel: small pieces of metal blown through the airwhen a bomb or other device explodes:
restive: unwilling to be controlled or be patient:
Quote of the day
“This was how a kind heart broke, after all: inward, making no shrapnel. Dear”
― Chris Cleave, Everyone Brave is Forgiven